Expedia Market Manager Interview

Interview Details – I had many interviews -- 17 overall between phone interviews and 1:1 interviews.

First I interviewed on campus in November. It was basically to determine if I would be a fit for the company. We talked about life and school--nothing serious.

Then I had a couple of phone interviews with a recruiter in December. These included some interesting questions, but mostly regular interview questions.

In February, I got an e-mail finally getting rejected from the position. Then, a couple of weeks later, another recruiter contacted me saying they'd like to interview me. They didn't have any of my information, as the recruiter I previously spoke to apparently left the company without passing on any of my information except for my name. I was then scheduled for a phone interview with the Director of one of the markets.

After my phone interview with the Director (March), I was scheduled for several in-person interviews at that market's office. I traveled there at my own expense and had 4 interviews with 6 people over 3.5 hours. These interviews ranged from simple to difficult, depending on the whims of the person interviewing me.

In a couple of weeks I found out that I did not get the job. They were looking for people with more experience (so why interview a recent grad with no experience if you know you wanted someone with previous experience?) However, the recruiter sent me and another student a carbon-copy e-mail saying that she would "definitely have something for us by the time we graduate." Soon enough, I interviewed for another market. This time, they set me up with a phone interview with the Director of that market. After that interview, in April, I had two more phone interviews with both VP's of Market Management for the company, and was not told if I was rejected from the last market I interviewed for. I found out that I was rejected because someone in my school got the job I was going for.

Expedia then had me interview with another Director, but this woman was from another region entirely. From that, I figured out that now they were having me interview for another location, again without telling me that I was rejected from the previous location I interviewed for. In a few weeks, I received another e-mail thanking me for my time and telling me that "the economy is crazy" etc. I was basically asked to wait around until more positions open up, so I could continue doing phone interviews and getting rejected. No thanks. I never responded to the e-mails after that 6-month-long fiasco.

I rated the interviews as average, because although some were difficult, I got used to them after the 4th or 5th...